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Jason Atherton and Chantelle Nicholson back campaign calling on chancellor to save hospitality

26 February 2021 by

Calls are mounting for the chancellor to support hospitality in his Budget next week, including a campaign backed by Chantelle Nicholson and Jason Atherton, as it is revealed one in five businesses do not have enough cash to survive the[...]

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Calls for chancellor to cut wine duty

25 February 2021 by

The wine industry is calling on the chancellor to cut excise duty on wine and to extend the temporary hospitality VAT cut to March 2022.

Gerard Basset Travel Scholarship 2021 open for applications News

Gerard Basset Travel Scholarship 2021 open for applications

10 February 2021 by
Family of Gerard Basset launches wine education foundation News

Family of Gerard Basset launches wine education foundation

14 January 2021 by
Wine industry toasts Brexit deal for cutting red tape News

Wine industry toasts Brexit deal for cutting red tape

29 December 2020 by
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Minute on the clock: Becky Cummings, Copper & Ink

30 October 2020 by

WSET increases online courses after seeing ‘explosion’ in digital learning News

WSET increases online courses after seeing ‘explosion’ in digital learning

16 April 2020 by

The Wine & Spirits Education Trust (WSET) is fast tracking plans to take all its qualifications[...]

Book extract: Tasting Victory by Gerard Basset People

Book extract: Tasting Victory by Gerard Basset

02 April 2020 by

Fourteen months after the untimely death of Gerard Basset at the age of 61, an autobiography[...]

Minute on the clock: Terri Dell Profiles

Minute on the clock: Terri Dell

20 March 2020 by

Terri Dell is the general manager of Brookmans Park in Hertfordshire, part of Peach Pubs. She[...]

Tasting notes: Jenny Pagoni, founder of Ampéli People

Tasting notes: Jenny Pagoni, founder of Ampéli

13 March 2020 by

The founder of Ampéli, an Eastern Mediterranean-inspired restaurant in Fitzrovia that serves exclusively Greek wines, on[...]

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Tasting notes: Tobias Brauweiler of Hakkasan

Tobias Brauweiler, group sommelier for Hakkasan and 2015 UK Sommelier of the Year finalist, explains how today’s sommelier needs to be more knowlegeable and hospitable than ever before."

14 February 2020 by
Tasting notes: Gareth Ferreira of Core by Clare Smyth People

Tasting notes: Gareth Ferreira of Core by Clare Smyth

31 January 2020
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Gareth Ferreira, head sommelier at London’s Core by Clare Smyth and 2019 Taittinger UK Sommelier of the Year finalist, talks about needing to understand the business side of wine and his weakness for expensive Champagnes.

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Andrew McKenzie and Romain Bourger on the Vineyard’s winning wine formula

15 January 2020
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The sommelier team at the Vineyard hotel in Stockcross, Berkshire, is unrivalled, with five former and current team members having held the UK Sommelier of the Year title. Fiona Sims paid the hotel a visit to try and discover the[...]

Taste the wine trends of the future at Berkmann portfolio tasting Products

Taste the wine trends of the future at Berkmann portfolio tasting

10 January 2020 by

Guests will have the opportunity to discover the latest wine trends, taste more than 400 rare[...]

Restaurant chiefs call on government to cut wine duty to ease pressure on hospitality businesses News

Restaurant chiefs call on government to cut wine duty to ease pressure on hospitality businesses

07 January 2020 by

A group of esteemed restaurant chiefs have written to the government calling for taxes on wine[...]

A taste of home: the rise of vineyard hotels Business

A taste of home: the rise of vineyard hotels

07 November 2019 by

The expansion of the British wine industry has opened up an opportunity for experiential hotel and[...]

Chef urges others to tackle addictions, saying kitchens can 'normalise' substance abuse News

Chef urges others to tackle addictions, saying kitchens can 'normalise' substance abuse

05 November 2019 by

A chef whose drug addiction led him to make an attempt on his own life has[...]

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